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Primary Source: Online Curriculum
A collection of three teacher-developed curricular units that use primary resources. Topics include the Ottomans, river pollution in India, and Chinese bronze bells. Additional units are available for a reasonably priced membership.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Evaluating Eyewitness Reports
In this lesson, students practice working with primary documents by comparing accounts of the Chicago Fire and testing the credibility of a Civil War diary.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Lest We Forget
This Lest We Forget site is the result of a project conducted by students of Smiths Falls, Ontario. The project had students research fallen soldiers from Smiths Falls using primary sources in hopes to tell the story of each Canadian...
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Dwellings: The Message of Houses and Their Contents, 1780 1820
Architectural styles of the times reflected the economic status and taste of the individuals who owned the houses. As this turn of the century proceeded from 1780 to 1820, many changes occurred in communication, transportation,...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": Bringing a Great City Alive
In this lesson students examine primary source documents including photographs, film, maps, and essays to learn about Chicago at the turn of the 20th century and Carl Sandburg's famous poem. After examining the poem's use of...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Industrial Age in America
In this lesson plan from EDSITEment, students will discuss the significance of the labor movement, the industrialists involved and the attitude of the American people toward working conditions in the United States. Contains links to many...
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Kid Citizen: Capture the Flag
By investigating primary sources displaying the American flag, students will explore the various ways people use the flag to show characteristics such as pride, loyalty, and unity for the nation. In this tutorial, students will engage in...
Library of Congress
Loc: Photo Analysis Presenting the Statue of Liberty
The ability to examine a primary source is a gateway to building critical thinking skills and constructing knowledge. This lesson provides the students an opportunity to observe similarities and differences between 2 visual images,...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Panic of 1837
This set uses primary sources to explore the financial practices that contributed to the Panic of 1837 and the impact of the crisis on America's politics, economy, and people.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Revolution '67, Lesson 1: Protest: Why and How
In this lesson plan, students examine the reasons for protests by reading about the riots in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967. By using primary source documents, learn historical reasons for protesting and compare them with the situation in...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Revolution '67:What Happened in July 1967? How Do We Know?
In this lesson plan, young scholars learn about the riots in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967. Using primary sources, identify the causes of the disturbance in July, 1967. Links to the relevant information is provided.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Jewish Immigration, Popular Culture, the Comic Book
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using primary source documents students look at Jewish immigration to the United states, popular culture of the time and the birth of the comic book.
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Museum of History and Culture: Teaching With Photographs
"Teaching with Photographs" includes images from the Virginia Historical Society's collection. The images are organized into several themes which allows this source to be used by younger and older grades. Resources for teachers are...
US National Archives
National Archives: Constitution Scavenger Hunt With Political Cartoons
Studying political cartoons can give learners insight into historical events. Using political cartoons, students will learn about the content and structure of our Constitution by searching for the ideal represented in the cartoon....
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Media History Digital Library: Non Theatrical Film Collection (1918 1973)
A large collection of original publications that focused on non-theatrical uses of motion pictures, including education, training, advertising, propaganda, and amateur clubs and individuals.
TES Global
Tes: Teaching History With 100 Objects Tribute From Nubia
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource from the British Museum provides a collection of objects from Nubia including artwork, artifact, and links to documents. Teaching ideas for use with this collection are also available.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strike
This primary source set uses documents, photographs, and promotional materials to explore the events of the Delano Grape Strike and the formation of the United Farm Workers. Teaching guide included.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Panama Canal
This primary source set includes photographs, documents, maps, and footage that can be used to explore the stories of environmental issues, political struggle, and human labor that built the Panama Canal.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Equal Rights Amendment
This primary source set uses photographs, ephemera, political cartoons, video clips, and other documents to explore the women's rights activism inspired by the Equal Rights Amendment.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Spanish Missions in California
This primary source set uses documents, photographs, and artwork to tell the story of the development and impact of Spanish missions in California during the Mission period.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Jitterbugs, Swing Kids, and Lindy Hoppers
This primary source set uses illustrations, documents, and photographs to tell the story of the history of swing dance.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Voices of the American Revolution
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Voices of the American Revolution." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Reasons for Westward Expansion
Students will examine a variety of documents that reference reasons why Americans living in the East migrated west of the Mississippi immediately before, during, and right after the Civil War. Documents cover the mining industry, new...
US National Archives
Docs Teach: Separation of Powers or Shared Powers
In this activity, students will analyze documents that illustrate the relationship between the legislative, executive and judicial branches. Using the scale in Weighing the Evidence, students will decide whether the United States...